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Frequently asked questions

Q: What are the minimal FireStats requiements?A:FireStats is known to run on:

PHP 4.4.2 or newer.

Mysql 4.0.17 with InnoDB support or newer.

Unix-like OS is preferred, but some users are running it successfuly on windows.

Q: Why not GPL?A: While I generally like GPL and did release some things under GPL and LGPL (ip2c, ​JNotify), I chose not to do it with FireStats because I want to keep the option to sell it to blogging platforms later. if I go with GPL, there is no reason for anyone to buy it as they just use it under the terms of GPL.
If I change my mind, GPL is the next prefered license for FireStats.

Q: When I try to configure the database, I get the error Cannot write configuration file (read only file or directory)A:FireStats database configuration tab need write access to the file fs-config.php under the php directory.
Please make sure that the apache user have write access to that file at when you are configuring the file.
a quick fix for the those with low unix-fu:

Q: I installed and activated FireStats in Wordpress, but it does not track the visits to my blog! A: Make sure you have a call to wp_head() in your theme header.php file. look in the default theme for an example of how it should be.

Q: I installed and activated FireStats in Wordpress 2.0.5, but it's installed in the Dashboard menu and not in management page! A: do this